DRAMA WHAT IS DRAMA? Drama is a literary composition to be acted by players on a stage before an audience. Its successful portrayal depends on the cooperation that must exist among writers‚ actors‚ producers and audiences in accepting the limitations and the conventions of the stage. Since the turn of the twentieth century‚ modern drama has become the greatest form of mass entertainment in the western world. Experimentation and innovation are basic to this century’s dramatist. Through movies
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Literature Lexicon Act noun something done or performed; a deed the performance of some physical or mental process; action capital when part of a name the formally codified result of deliberation by a legislative body; a law‚ edict‚ decree‚ statute‚ etc often plural a formal written record of transactions‚ proceedings‚ etc‚ as of a society‚ committee‚ or legislative body a major division of a dramatic work a short performance of skill‚ a comic sketch‚ dance‚ etc‚ esp one that is part
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The Massachusetts Review‚ Inc. Traffic of Our Stage: Albee’s "Peter and Jerry" Author(s): Normand Berlin Source: The Massachusetts Review‚ Vol. 45‚ No. 4 (Winter‚ 2004/2005)‚ pp. 768-777 Published by: The Massachusetts Review‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25090949 . Accessed: 20/03/2014 12:51 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit
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therefore is to re-examine the relationship between O’Neill (1888–1953) and Aeschylus. To this end‚ this article divides into three main parts: part one explores O’Neill’s understanding and use of classical material; part two examines O’Neill’s stagecraft in the light of his own theatrical context and his use of classical staging conventions; and part three forms a review of the RNT production. The critical argument in the final section is that O’Neill’s response to Aeschylus’ Oresteia‚ and indeed
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There is no universally accepted definition of art. Although commonly used to describe something of beauty‚ or a skill which produces an aesthetic result‚ there is no clear line in principle between (say) a unique piece of handmade sculpture‚ and a mass-produced but visually attractive item. We might say that art requires thought - some kind of creative impulse - but this raises more questions: for example‚ how much thought is required? If someone flings paint at a canvas‚ hoping by this action to
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The Elizabethan Age is the time period associated with the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) and is often considered to be a golden age in English history. It was an age considered to be the height of the English Renaissance‚ and saw the full flowering of English literature and English poetry. In Elizabethan theater‚ William Shakespeare‚ among others‚ composed and staged plays in a variety of settings that broke away from England’s past style of plays. It was an age of expansion and exploration
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A TEACHER’S GUIDE TO THE SIGNET CLASSIC EDITION OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’S MACBETH LINDA NEAL UNDERWOOD S E R I E S E D I T O R S : W. GEIGER ELLIS‚ ED.D.‚ ARTHEA J. S. REED‚ PH.D.‚ UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA‚ EMERITUS and UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA‚ RETIRED A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classic Edition of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth 2 INTRODUCTION William Shakespeare developed many stories into excellent dramatizations for the Elizabethan stage. Shakespeare knew how
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Terms 1. Plot: The most important of the six components of the tragedy‚ the plot is the representation of human action. Plots can be simple or complex; Aristotle clearly indicates that complex plots are required for successful tragedies. The plot must be unified‚ clearly displaying a beginning‚ a middle‚ and an end‚ and must be of sufficient length to fully represent the course of actions but not so long that the audience loses attention and interest. 2. Action: Events happening between
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THEATER FROM RESTORATION THROUGH ROMANTICISM The drama of the English Restoration combined aspects of English and continental Renaissance theater‚ both in playwriting and in theater architecture. French influence was also felt with the introduction of neoclassical ideals into serious English drama. By the eighteenth century‚ there was an attempt to break away from the Italianate traditions. Theater shapes changed‚ and playwrights abandoned the neoclassical ideals in favor of romanticism. As the
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American paper 6 Design I found a dimpled spider‚ fat and white‚ On a white heal-all‚ holding up a moth Like a white piece of rigid satin cloth -- Assorted characters of death and blight Mixed ready to begin the morning right‚ Like the ingredients of a witches’ broth -- A snow-drop spider‚ a flower like a froth‚ And dead wings carried like a paper kite. What had that flower to do with being white‚ The wayside blue and innocent heal-all? What brought the kindred spider to that height
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